Ground cherries are in season here at Innisfree, and we’ve been wondering what to do with all of them. Here are our favorite ideas!
Ground Cherry Salsa (recipe courtesy of The Dig In)
Ingredients
1/2 medium-to large-sized red onion, diced
1 jalapeño, diced
1/2 cup fire-roasted tomatoes
1 cup ground cherries, husks removed
1/4 cup cilantro (or small handful)
1 lime
1/2 tsp sea salt
Instructions can be found by clicking here
Ground Cherry Pie (courtesy of Diary of a Locavore)
“Makes one pie with lattice top, plus some extra crust
Mix 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup all purpose flour in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons chilled butter; mix well with a pastry cutter. Add 4-5 tablespoons ice cold water until the dough forms a ball. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and roll out dough for crust bottom. Cut off edges and set aside for lattice top.
In a separate bowl, mix 2 and 1/2 cups husked ground cherries with 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons water, and 2 and 1/2 tablespoons flour. Mix well and spoon into crust. Top with woven lattice. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes, then turn oven to 300 and continue baking for 30 minutes, or until filling sets without burning crust.”
-Talia